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Star Trek Family Remembers the Past, Looks to the Future Publication of the U.S.S. Chesapeake Star Trek and Science-Fiction Club September, 2007 Star Trek family remembers the past, looks to the future A special tribute has been unveiled to b Jeri Ryan, who wed French chef Chris- mark the life of Star Trek star James “Scotty” tophe Emé in the Loire Valley in June, is ex- Jeri Ryan, who Doohan in Linlithgow, Scotland. pecting a baby, according to People Magazine. portrayed Seven of Doohan’s widow Wende and son Chris “She is thrilled about the new addition, Nine on Voyager, is joined other family members to unveil a and they are very, very happy,” said her rep- pregnant ... again. plaque commemorating the late Trek legend. resentative, David Lust. “They are beyond At the age of 85, he passed away on July 20, excited and are beaming from ear to ear.” 2005. Although she does not yet know the gen- The plaque was placed in Annet House der of her child, Ryan is due in March, 2008. Museum, High Street, Linlithgow, on Monday, She also has a 12-year-old son, Alex, from a September 17. previous relationship. The museum already hosts the James Ryan is best known among genre fans for Doohan Memorial exhibition that displays her role as ex-Borg Seven of Nine in Star Trek: personal memorabilia and props. Voyager. She joined the show at the beginning Councillor Martyn Day, executive mem- of its fourth season. ber for Development and Transport, said: She earned a bachelor of arts degree in “We are delighted to welcome the Doohan theater from Northwestern University. family to West Lothian for this very special At their wedding, Ryan and Emé ex- event. changed vows before about 120 guests at a “James Doohan and his memorable Star castle in Eme’s hometown outside Angers, Trek character, Engineer Montgomery Scott, France. are known to millions all over the world, and Ryan returns as attorney Jessica Devlin it is fitting that a permanent memorial is in the CBS drama Shark; the show’s second erected in Linlithgow, Scotty’s future birth- season premieres on Sunday, September 23, at place. 10 p.m. “James Doohan’s widow Wende and son Outside of acting, Ryan and Emé own the Chris have given their full support to the Hollywood French restaurant, the Ortolan. exhibition, and we are pleased they are making Ryan was born on February 22, 1968, in IN THIS ISSUE: the trip over to unveil the commemorative Munich, Germany. Her family currently lives Art Credits 3 Club Members plaque,” he said. in Los Angeles. Insert front Coming Events 6 Captain’s Log 2 September means “Hard Times” for our meeting Directions to Meeting The next meeting of the U.S.S. Chesapeake are up to and hear the latest news about Star Insert front Meeting Minutes Star Trek and Science-Fiction Club will be on Trek and other sci-fi television shows and fea- Insert back Saturday, September 22, at the Hard Times ture films. Phasers on Fun 6 Cafe located in College Park, Maryland. Do you need directions in order for you Reflections 4 Science Trek 3 Dinner should begin around 5 p.m., fol- to be able to make it to the this month’s club Wayne’s Worlds 5 lowed by our club meeting, which will start no meeting? Download this month’s insert, later than 7:00 p.m. which you can now find in our online Yahoo! We’ll find out what fellow club members Group. Volume 16, Issue 9 CAPTAIN’S LOG: “World Enough and Time” I remember when former club member With each outing, the “new crew” becomes John Staton told me about Star Trek: New easier to accept as the classic characters, and Voyages a few years ago. At first, I was I thought this was definitely James Cawley’s less than thrilled about the concept of best performance as my second-favorite Kirk. recasting the original Enterprise crew, but That’s high praise from a longtime William the prospect of having new Classic Trek Shatner fan. to watch was just too enticing for me to Just as Andy Bray scored as the new pass up. Chekov in the “TSAMD,” John Lim was great Since then, a number of other fan taking over the role of Sulu. Not only did he projects have come along, from Starship nail Takei’s mannerisms, but I came away ap- Exeter, which has been caught in a time preciating the character better than I did in all warp between acts of its second episode, of Classic Trek. to Starship Farragut, a local effort that On top of that, I have to say Christina will release its second program, “For Moses was wonderful as Sulu’s daughter, Want of a Nail,” on October 10. Alana. Her character was pivotal to the epi- Still, New Voyages was the first to sode, and she pulled it off beautifully. brave this new frontier, and I’ve been The props and costumes were excellent as New Voyages’ latest following their progress for years. I remember always, but the biggest improvement came in offering stars George expressing my disappointment with the non- the direction. The episode had many inter- Takei from Classic Trek. ending of their Chekov-centered episode, “To esting camera angles, and the lighting was Serve All My Days,” and I worried that future reminiscent of the mood evoked in many first- endeavors might not live up to fans’ (or my) season Trek programs. Copyright 2007 expectations. The bad: The only time I felt I wasn’t U.S.S. Chesapeake NCC-9102, a The latest release, “World Enough and watching “real Trek” unfortunately came dur- not-for-profit Time,” is now available online, and it has an ing a pivotal scene. organization. All rights reserved, interesting plot. As the 30-year-older Sulu exclaims that including When testing of a new Romulan weapon the other person in the transporter beam is his reproducing parts of leaves the Enterprise trapped in a distortion daughter, the camera inexplicably cuts away this document. field, Sulu and a new female crew member from Takei in mid-sentence to focus on Kirk’s Check out our club shuttle to a Romulan vessel to get informa- reaction. I can only assume that some prob- website: www. tion on the device that could enable Kirk and lem with the footage forced the New Voyages usschesapeake.org company to break free. team to jump to Cawley’s face sooner than The opinions The field begins to deteriorate rapidly, and they wanted to. expressed in this Scotty tries to beam Sulu and his crewmate The ugly: Ironically, the biggest flaw in publication do not necessarily represent back. When he does, the crew finds that what “World Enough and Time” came in getting the those of the was 30 seconds to them was 30 years to the episode to the people who wanted to see it. entire club. helmsman, who now has an adult daughter After getting positive reactions to show- “Star Trek,” and no longer remembers the data he was sent ings at Shore Leave in July and the Las Vegas “Star Trek: The Next to retrieve. Creation con in August, the New Voyages Generation,” “Star With that said, it’s time to put on my Clint people should have been ready for an enor- Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “Star Trek: Eastwood hat and get reviewing. mous amount of interest in the film when it Voyager,” and “Star The good: I’ve read many glowing reviews was released. Trek: Enterprise,” as well as the terms of “World Enough and Time,” including one I know the crew had their computer ex- “starship” and from Gene Roddenberry’s son, Rod. Let me perts run a number of tests, and I’m sure they “starship Enterprise,” put it this way: This episode sets a new stan- expected people to be able to download the are registered trademarks of dard against which all other independent Star episode at warp speed when the time came, Paramount Pictures Trek productions will be judged. but sadly, things didn’t turn out that way, and Corporation. Yes, it’s that well done. if it were up to me, I’d have different computer All rights reserved. Absolutely no George Takei does a terrific job as the experts when “Blood and Fire” comes out a infringement on older Sulu, from duking it out with Captain few months from now. these rights is Kirk to receiving the character’s first mind- Next month: My review of the second Far- intended. meld from Spock, a scene that could have been ragut episode, “For Want of a Nail.” COMSTAR, page 2 awful but instead was gripping. Captain Randy Hall SCIENCE TREK: These are the new voyages ... It was 20 years ago today that the Great with their objectives. Bird asked the--. Wait, wrong generation. • 10-20 page essay explaining response Let’s try this. I was in high school listening to number three. Q107 when another Q appeared on the televi- Season 1: “Angel One” The U.S.S. Enter- sion screen. Sorry if that makes you feel old, prise crew travels to Angel One, a planet run by but it was two decades (or about 631,134,720 women, to search for survivors from a Federa- seconds) ago that Star Trek: The Next Genera- tion freighter disabled by an asteroid collision tion appeared on television screens across seven years earlier. Men = refugees sentenced America and eventually the world. to death, Wesley brings a virus aboard, and oh Twenty years ago, these were the new voy- yes, the ship needs to fend off Romulans in the ages of the Starship Enterprise.
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